Welcome to my gallery of classic comic covers. I've been
collecting comic books for over 25 years and made this web site to share
some of my favorite covers. All of the covers, with a very few exceptions,
are (or were) from my personal collection. Have a question or a comment?
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We lost another great comic artist yesterday. Ric was most know for his 1970’s DC superhero and war artwork, but he also did work that spanned back to the Golden Age, when he was young. I really liked his work, it had some similarities to Alex Toth. Here is the announcement from his wife:

Dear Friends and Family,

My sweet Ric passed away at about 7am this morning after a rapid decline in his health over the past week as the result of advanced prostate cancer which no longer responded to treatment. All of our children except for Ric’s daughter Zilia were able to be here to share in supporting him in his transition to the next life. We had several hours with Ric after his passing to talk, sing, laugh, cry and say our goodbyes. We are all on the emotional ride that will take a different course for each of us. I am so grateful for Ric and our shared life. He is the great blessing of my life.

Giant of Golden Age comics, Al Feldstein, has been having some health problems and was in the hospital for treatment. I haven’t heard any recent updates, but hope for the best. If you’re a religious person, I encourage you to include Al in you prayers. I’ll update when I hear additional news. Please get well, Al.

As a member in a comic and fantasy art fanzine known as CFA-APA, I wrote an article about Tom Hickey as my second contribution. In addition to many 1950s Harvey Comics stories, Tom Hickey did early work for DC, including artwork in both Detective Comics #1 and 27.

I just got a copy of something interesting: Nights of Horror #8 from Malcla Publishing company, circa 1953. This vintage publication fills 80 pages with two short stories, each of which has multiple chapters. The pornographic booklet has no price or indicia, but does have cover art and 9 fetish illustrations by Superman co-creator Joe Shuster.

Craig Yoe just came out with a book about these. Below are a couple scans of my copy: